LGBTQ EQUALITY LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE - In Memory of Major Sagi Golan

Omer Ohana, the late Sagi Golan's partner, The Knesset Plenum

Amendment to the Law for Bereaved Families

The Families of Soldiers Killed in Action (Compensations and Rehabilitation) Law, 1950, regulates the status and rights of bereaved families. The law’s definition of spouses was discriminatory, referring exclusively to heterosexual couples. Despite the Ministry of Defense’s egalitarian policy, which the Minister of Defense and the Speaker of the Knesset have repeatedly emphasized during the current conflict, the discriminatory language in the law has created ambiguity regarding the rights of same-sex couples who have lost their loved ones.

Achieved Equality We spearheaded efforts to amend this law section as part of the legislative process for the Families of Abducted and Missing Persons Law. Following this historic amendment, both the Bereaved Families Law and the Families of Abducted and Missing Persons Law now grant equal rights to same-sex couples, ensuring egalitarian treatment under the law.

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